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I Care
Chapter Four
Sherlock breezed into the Police Station and looked around, trying to find the one in charge. John followed him after saying thank you and goodbye to Brandon. He shook his head as he saw Sherlock was already beginning to irritate the desk clerk as he tried to find out where the body was and to look at the reports. John quickly went over and smiled to the man as he pulled Sherlock away.
"Sherlock, why don't you let me handle this bit, and just be quiet for a moment, no deduction, and no insulting people," John warned him with a look.
Sherlock huffed a little as he mumbled, "Fine John."
John smiled to him and then went back to the desk clerk as he asked, "Hi, we were asked by the Moore Family to investigate the death that happened on their property. I'm Doctor John Watson and this is Sherlock Holmes. Is there someone we need to talk to in order to be able to examine the body and see the crime report?" he finished as he looked to the man, who was watching him closely.
"I've heard about the two of you, don't know what the Captain would say about it, but I don't think it would hurt for you to be able to ask him," he said as he got up and went to the back office.
John and Sherlock watched as he knocked on the door and went inside for a few moments. It didn't take him long to come back out and over to them, "Well?" John asked him, wondering if the man would speak to them at all.
"He said for you to go on though," he smiled to them as he let them past the barrier and into the office, it was small, just about big enough for the four officers that worked there.
John walked into the Captains office first, as Sherlock walked in and looked around. Observing all that was around him, "Afternoon," John said as he went over to the desk and smiled to the man sitting down.
"You must be Doctor Watson, I've seen you and Mr Holmes in the papers a few times, even the ones out here," he said as he reached a hand out for the other to shake.
"New of us travels far and wide it seems," John smiled as he took the hand and gave it a firm shake.
"Captain," Sherlock said with a nod of his head as he looked to the man, "We need to see the body that was found on the Moore Family grounds as well as the report that you have compiled so far," he demanded.
The Captain looked to him and shook his head, "I was warned about you. I decided to call your friend over in London, DI Lestrade, said to do as you ask. So I'll be taking you down myself and the report should be here in a moment."
John sighed a little, glad that the man had a little warning about Sherlock and his no nonsense behaviour, "Thank you Captain, most helpful," he smiled to him as he glanced over to Sherlock.
Sherlock nodded as the captain stood up as someone knocked on the door, "I take it that would be the report?" Sherlock asked him as the captain opened the door and walked out, a file was handed over to him.
The captain nodded as he looked to eh young woman, "Thank you Sergeant,"
"Sir," she said as she then went back to what she had been doing before hand.
"Here you go, Mr Holmes," the captain said as he handed the file over to him, "I hope that you might be able to find something out. We've been unable to find anything about him, we've sent his prints off to be searched for, but so far we have gotten nothing back. We can't even figure out where he came from," he sighed, annoyed that they had hit a dead end with the body and finding out who had killed the man.
Sherlock hummed as he began to read the report and look at the pictures that had been taken of the scene, "Who ever took the pictures are very good at doing so," he said as he looked through them all.
"Should be," he huffed a little, smiling as he added, "He took a course in photography before joining the force."
The Captain led the way into the morgue and over to the large freezes that stored the bodies. The medical examiner walked over to them and opened it up and brought out the only one in there uncovered him so they could examine him.
Sherlock handed John the file as he went over to the body and began to examine it. John looked over it as well as he then began to read the report.
"So the main cause of death was strangulation," John said as he looked from the report to the body and looked at the neck.
"Yes John, I believe that a belt of some kind was used," Sherlock said as he rolled his eyes and continued to examine the body.
John went quiet as he waited for Sherlock to finish. "What next?" he then asked quietly as he looked to Sherlock as he stood up straight.
"I wish to see the personal effect, the clothing and such that was found with the body?" he then asked as he looked to the Medical Examiner.
"Sure, it's over here," he said as he went over to the drawer unit and pulled one out. Inside was a large plastic bag full of the things that had been taken from the body. He pulled it out and laid it down on a bench, letting Sherlock look at them.
Sherlock looked them over for a few moments before he stood up straight and looked to them all, "Your killer is female. He was hit over the head as he turned his back on her, she then used her belt to strangle him. As for your victim, he is from Oxford, you can tell because of the fauna on his boots that is ground in. He works near the university, but isn't a student there. He is too old for one, and not smart enough. He has ground in dirt under his nails, works with plants. I believe at a Garden Centre, as there is traces of exotic fauna along with native fauna of the area," he finished as he looked to them all, fauna was one of the things he had studied, along with the ash samples, he just hadn't finished writing up all his findings.
John smiled as he looked to Sherlock, "Do you know who killed him at all, or even an idea?" he asked him quietly.
Sherlock looked to him and smirked, "Some, but I believe we should be talking to the Moore family, when they are all together. Though I would like to check a few things as well."
John nodded and he turned to the captain and the Medical Examiner and said, "Thank you for showing us. We need to go for now, if we have anything more we will be in touch. But could you make sure not to tell anyone what you have learnt so far. This is a small village and of course anything that is said would be all over it in a short time," he smiled to them all.
The two men nodded as Sherlock and John left the morgue and headed towards the inn where they were staying. It didn't take them long to enter their room and for Sherlock to lose himself on the laptop as he began to search the internet. John had no idea what he was looking for and sat down to wait for the man to clue him in.
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